The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-17
HERE AND THERE.

After the business session of the Conven-
ton there will be an excursion to Niagara
Falls and Watkins Glen.
The reunion of the 145th Regiment. p.
", will be held in Greenville, on the 9th
of September. A full attendance of all
the survivors of the regiment is desired,
in order that they may decide on design
for the monument that is to mark the DO
sition of the command at Gettysburg.
The saw mill of Arthur McKenney, ir.,
half mile west of Irvineton, was entire
ly destroyed by fire Sunday morning, to-
gether with over 100000 feet of sawed pine
| lumber owned by Robert Kinnear. of
| Youngsville, Pa. Cause of fire, supposed
| incendiary. No insurance on the mill or
/ lumber.
| The latest craze among ladies is said TO
/ he the chair album"-that is, they ask
their gentlemen friends for lock of their
hair, around which they tie blue ribbon
and paste it in an album and above it
write the gentleman's name, age, height,
and remarks on his general appearance.
disposition, etc.
Two Sharpsville boys loaded a pipe
with powder and gave it to a third to
smoke. An explosion occurred and he
was badly burned. The boys were arrest
ed, their fathers settled and then went to
| look for the fellow who sold them the
powder. They got him in the shape of J..
J. Mehl, who plead guilty and paid five
dollars and costs.-[Mercer Dispatch.
Col. Dan Rice, tho veteran Snowman,
was in Erie on Friday night, on his most
recent honeymoon trip. The Herald SAYS (:
'The burden of matriniony sits as lightly
on his 72-y ear-old shoulders as thistle
down on the flanks of a 2.year-old steer.
He explained that recent preparations to
shoot him full of holes in Texas had had
no effect in accelerating his return, but
expressed his qualification at being once
more in the land of Christian privileges
and small-bored revolvers."
Not to be outdone by medical writer
southern exchange comes out with the
following health hints for hot weather:
Don't drink too much ice water drink
champagne. Don't work too hard /; go
off on a four months vacation. Don't eat
too much meat; confine yourself to salads
and pate de foie gras. Don't walk too
much; ride in a cab. Don't lose your
temper if you do, advertise for it. Don't
fret; don't talk politics; don't ask if it is
warm enough; il you have an inclination
to these vices commit suicide.
a cat in Cochranton seems to have mo-
nopolized about all the fun that was going
last week, according to this report in the
Times: A citizen took home large sheet
of fly paper the other day and placed il in
the pantry. The house cat saw the paper,
and jumping upon it her four feet were
stuck fast. Puss set up a terrible yelling,
and in trying to get herself extricated
| from the sticky stuff she rolled over and
the paper rolled around her. Releasing
the cat was a tedious task, and about half
her fur came off with the paper.
1t is fact that the guage of the Pitts
burgh & Western Railroad, between But
Ter and FoXburg, is to be widened within
a year. In order to avoid heavy grades, a
greater portion of the old line of the road
between Butler and Karns City will be
abandoned, thus leaving Millerstown
without railway facilities. Six or seven
miles of the Shenango IL Allegheny track
from Butler will form part of the new
road, the remainder of the route leading
from point on that road through Greece
City and Troutman to Karns City, where
the old road will be widened through Pc
trOlia and Bruin to FoXburg with but few
changes in the route.-[P Petrolia Record
The stockholders of the West Hickory
Oil and Mining company, which was or
ganized twenty-five years ago, during the
oil craze, will meet shortly to authorize
the sale of the company's property and to
divide the assets among the members,
says the Pittsburgh Dispatch. 1.-The COM
pany was never a financial success" said
MFR. j. J. Brooke, the counsel for the
Pennsylvania railroad. "They kept a
very elaborate set of books, but an exam
ination of them reveals nothing but dis
bursements on one side and no receipts on
the other. 1t is the old, old story. Twen-
ty-five years ago the company was organ
lied during the oil excitement and ex pect-
ed, with many others, to reap rich har-
vest. A great deal of money has been
made in oil, but this company never got
any of it. Somebody had TO lose in order
that others might make. They bought
considerable property in Venango county
which they still hold. Well, it never turn
ed out anything. A number of wells were
dug, but the yield was small and the
profits were in proportion. No gushers
were found, and the land which was sup
posed to be very valuable was not worth
much and will be sold for what it will
bring. Many of the stockholders have
probably forgotten that there ever
was such a company formed. There
are at present not more than three
stockholders. The company will bC
disbanded and will live only in the mem
ory of those who invested heavily in tlC
venture and lost"
There is a typographical error il
spelling the word trust" on the bacE
of the new five dollar silver certificates
There is an "a" for "u" making /